Superman: Up in the Sky

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Production Foreshadowing: The planet of Rann and zeta beams are important elements early on in the story, and Adam Strange himself is among the Justice League members seen fighting across the world in chapter 11. That, along with Alice discussing with Superman his opinion on Mister Terrific of all superheroes, would be a reference to an upcoming Tom King series in the works, Strange Adventures. Superman has been published continuously by DC Comics for eight decades and counting. He first appeared in Action Comics #1 (June, 1938).

Keystone Army: The increasingly devastating invasion of Robotiens across Earth takes place at the same time that Superman is fighting against its leader somewhere countless light-years away in space. When Superman ends up defeating its leader by crushing his robot body to pieces, his army ends up falling as well. Even the Justice League members are surprised that after it looked like Earth was a goner, all the robots simply stopped moving. Blue Means Cold: One comic features Cynthona the Kryptonian goddess of ice. She can create monsters from frost and generate ice and her outfit is blue, as is her skin. It's generally a good idea to keep this trope in mind when dealing with The Man of Steel. He may be the quintessential nice-guy, but he's also generally considered to be the most powerful being on the planet. The rare occasions that his (rather immense) self-control slips are pretty damn terrifying. The executive summary is yes, we have to care about that single lost child held on an alien planet by monsters or we are lost. Lost.

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We get to see him fighting different villains, that wrestling match was the best part and just shows why he is Superman, that issue with Lois and how he is worrying was just anxiety inducing but shows his love for her, the race one vs flash just shows how he won't compromise on the principles but also how he overcomes contradictions because he is Superman and its amazing and so many awesome moments, too many to list but suffice to say it will make you love even more! Exposition Beam: Superman's first step in locating the missing girl's location is stopping at Rann and using their technology to beam in all the documented information they have about all usage of the zeta beam used to kidnap her. Sardath warns Superman that this is a terrible idea because an active zeta exists everywhere all at once, meaning that not only would sorting through all interactions to find where one girl was taken be an impossible task, the sheer amount of information would crush Superman's mind, with Sardath treating Superman's insistence on trying it anyway as inviting certain death. Fortunately, Supes isn't built like most mortal minds, and after experiencing several trippy and variously traumatic dreams, he ends up managing to guess the girl's location, as well as identify her name: Alice. The Man of Steel. The Last Son of Krypton. Champion of the Oppressed. The Metropolis Marvel. The Man of Tomorrow. On Earth, Batman sends a request to all heroes as he gets overwhelmed. The voice tells Superman he is wasting his time and Earth is suffering at hands of the Robotien invasion. He wants to conquer it because it is the main protector of other planets and states he is like the humans, thus he will be defeated. But Superman responds he won't. On Earth, the voice broadcasts a message about their heroes' failure and the planet's planned destruction. The voice however panics after Superman defeats all his robots, stating that's not what was supposed to happen and he kidnapped Alice to study humans. He states she's insignificant, but Superman states she isn't. Comic Book: In 1953, editor Mort Weisinger put out a 3-D Superman book called Three-Dimension Adventures Superman , drawn by Wayne Boring, Al Plastino and Curt Swan.

It's usually taken as a given these days that any "super hero universe" needs someone to fill the role of the top, most respected super hero in the world, and it's almost always an Expy of Superman. This creates some awkward situations when these companies fold, DC buys up their characters, and suddenly these Superman Expies are running around in the same universe as Superman himself (as has now happened to Captain Marvel, Captain Atom, Icon, Mr. Majestic, and Apollo). Clark Kent's and Lois Lane's alliterative names may actually be the Trope Codifiers that started the trend of comic book characters (and sci-fi characters in general) being given alliterative names. King goes right to what are the core pieces of Superman. What makes Superman both a great character and hard to write well is that he is the ultimate do-gooder. He can't help everyone, but he wants to,and will try to. Superman: Up in the Sky was interesting. It's a rather different style of telling a story, using multiple short stories that are joined together in an over-arching "main plot".A little girl is alien-abducted and taken somewhere… Up in the Sky! Only Superman can save her. But if he leaves Earth to go rescue her, how many more will die without his protection? But he’s gotta Saving Private Ryan-it because Plot he’s Superman! Eh… In the Novelization of Kingdom Come, Wonder Woman points out that Superman could have easily just been an invisible guardian, but he chose to fly in the sky wearing those bright colors "like Apollo", and serve as an inspiration. Supes response was to reply lamely, "An ounce of prevention..." The all-star creative team of writer Tom King and artist Andy Kubert answer the question: How far across the galaxy will Superman go to bring a single child home? Aliens have kidnapped a young girl from Metropolis. With each stop along the path, the Man of Steel faces new mysteries and new challenges. Is he getting closer to rescuing the girl, or further away? And who is protecting Metropolis in his absence? Collects Superman: Up in the Sky #1-6.

Superman: Slowly, Nam-Ek realized that since he was immortal... he would remain there, suspended in space — alone — forever! And that's when he began to cry... And they say that somewhere in space... he is crying still... Metropolis has a stadium called the Shuster Sports Arena, named after Joe Shuster, one of Superman's creators. Alright: positives. The Deal with the Devil issue where Darkseid makes Superman kill an innocent in exchange for information was clever as was the freak accident that temporarily separated Superman and Clark Kent in a Twilight Zone-type way. Andy Kubert’s art is his usual high standard and King’s writing is good too - he writes a great Superman, really nailing the character. He just doesn’t put the guy in anything approaching a gripping storyline that hasn’t been done a thousand times before. Very good! So it's no secret that I am not a fan of Tom King's Batman run at all. But when I saw he was doing a Superman book I wanted to give it a shot and this quite possibly is one of the best Superman books I've read in a while!Anti-Hero Substitute: During The Death of Superman arc, Eradicator was essentially Superman if he were a '90s Anti-Hero. As they near Earth, he states that he's felt fear many times in his life, but the most scary moment in his life was when he asked out a woman he liked. When Alice asks if he told her had been scared about it, he states she already knew. Superman leaves her with people who he states will take good care of her and promises he will come around whenever she needs him. Asking her if she wanted to ask anything more, Alice responds if he really thought there'd be more and he states that she always surprises him She however states that she knows one question that doesn't need answer, which is why did he go so far to rescue her, stating it's because he's Superman. Up in the Sky ran concurrently with Brian Michael Bendis' run of Superman, but is treated as a side story with otherwise no canon standing. Not coincidentally, it also overlapped with Tom King's run of Batman— in an unusual twist, DC editorial had Bendis and King swap their respective characters for their work on the different Giant anthologies, with Bendis working on Batman Universe as part of the Batman Giant anthology.

Mención especial para Andy Kubert (un favorito personal), que cada día dibuja mejor, lo que lo diferencia de otros artistas de su generación que con el paso de los años demuestran un cierto desgano en sus trazos (se me ocurren rápidamente los ejemplos de John Byrne y John Romita Jr., dos gigantes a los que parece que ya todo les da paja). I’m not gonna come down too hard on this one - Superman: Up in the Sky is fine. It’s a decent Superman comic. Is it great though? Hardly. Lex Luthor asks Superman one in the Elseworld of Red Son, which gets this version of Superman to stop his campaign of benevolent global conquest. Atrocious Alias: One comic featured a retired villain called " The Molester," which he intended to mean "The Annoyance." Best Of" Anthology: The Best Of Warner Bros Superman Collection is 30 disks worth of Superman TV shows, from Max Fleischer's Superman to Superman: Doomsday, and from Lois & Clark to Smallville.Can Always Spot a Cop: Thanks to his X-Ray vision, it's pretty easy for Superman to spot an undercover or plainclothes cop because he can see their badge, handcuffs, police-issue sidearm, etc. Always Save the Girl: This approach is given something of a Reconstruction: Superman's entire mission for the series is finding a single orphaned girl who was kidnapped and taken to who-knows-where in the depths of space. The decision to pursue it isn't one free of reservations — he knows that he'll be leaving Earth for a while, potentially leaving it open to supervillains or other, more mundane tragedies that he can't be around to help prevent, an idea he struggles greatly living with— but at the same time, he also can't live with the idea of leaving an innocent child in the hands of evildoers when he knows there's the slightest chance he can save her. He ends up going after her because while protecting the planet is his self-imposed duty and responsibility, doing what he can to save lives, no matter how small they may seem, is just the right thing to do. The Boxing Episode: Chapter 3 sees Clark forced into a literally out-of-this-world boxing match against an alien mercenary named Mighto, who was hired by Alice's kidnappers and only offers to tell Clark their identities if he can beat him in a boxing match without his superpowers, including his Super-Strength. Clark gets clobbered through the rounds as Mighto ends up being much faster and stronger, but his utter refusal to go down and give up on Alice ensures he ends up winning just by sheer attrition. King’s answer is that Superman’s commitment to acting on behalf of other humans in need, and on the side of Truth and Justice is still vitally important, most especially in a time of Lies and Injustice. These are not empty platitudes. Goodness is not idle talk; it requires action. And by you. Superman isn’t our stand-in. We can’t wait for him to do it for us. He’s a model for how we must live in crisis. Earth Is the Center of the Universe: It would have made more sense if The Kryptonians had buried their superweapon on an uninhabited planet instead of one with humanoids who might end up using it.